UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-in results: Magomed Ankalaev makes Octagon return

The Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s return to Abu Dhabi is now official following the UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-ins.

Headliners Magomed Ankalaev and Bogdan Guskov both successfully made light heavyweight for their upcoming five-round fight. All other fighters also successfully hit their marks in what was an uneventful weigh-in from a drama perspective. Saturday’s card will feature 13 fights in total.

“Big Ank” returns to the promotion for the first time since losing the light heavyweight championship back to Alex Pereira. The Russian lost the belt via TKO in just 80 seconds. Prior to the setback, Ankalaev (20-2-1, 1 NC) hadn’t lost a fight since 2018 and put together wins over Pereira, Aleksandar Rakic, Anthony Smith and more. Ankalaev officially weighed 205.5 pounds for the main event.

This marks the first UFC main event for Guskov (18-3-1). The 33-year-old is coming off a majority draw against Jan Blachowicz and had put together four straight wins. The win streak included knockouts of Nikita Krylov, Ryan Spann and Zac Pauga. Guskov also weighed 205.5 pounds for the fight.

UFC Abu Dhabi will air live on Paramount+ on Saturday starting at 9 a.m. ET/6 a.m. PT, and the main card kicks off at noon ET/9 a.m. PT.

UFC Abu Dhabi weigh-in results:

Magomed Ankalaev (205.5) vs. Bogdan Guskov (205.5)
Steve Erceg (126) vs. Ramazonbek Temirov (126)
Islam Dulatov (171) vs. Wellington Turman (170)
Magomed Zaynukov (155.5) vs. Damian Rzepecki (155.5)
Rizvan Kuniev (265.5) vs. Tyrell Fortune (258)
Abubakar Vagaev (171) vs. Saygid Izagakhmaev (171)
Valter Walker (248) vs. Thomas Petersen (245)
Dustin Jacoby (205) vs. Muhammad Said (206)
Santiago Ponzinibbio (171) vs. Sam Patterson (170.5)
Ismael Bonfim (155.5) vs. Axel Sola (155.5)
Magomed Tuchalov (205.5) vs. Brendson Ribeiro (206)
Nurullo Aliev (156) vs. Mike Davis (156)
Cody Gibson (136) vs. Abdul Hussein (135.5)

This article first appeared at Recent News on Sherdog.com

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